In Luoyang, late at night, Chairman Jiang, who had been resting and falling asleep, was woken up by Wang Shihe. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After years of understanding, Chairman Jiang knew that if there was no important matter, Wang Shihe would definitely not disturb his rest.

"Shihe, what's the matter?" Chairman Jiang asked calmly.

Wang Shihe's eyes couldn't hide his joy, and said: "Commission, the 25th Division has just called, they have captured Tianjing Pass, and the rest of the Northeast Army was forced to retreat to Jincheng. ”

"Really?" Seeing Wang Shihe's nod of his head in confirmation, Chairman Jiang couldn't help but walk back and forth with joy: "Very good, immediately send a telegram of commendation to Guan Linzheng and Du Yuming (Pig-Pig-Island) for their novels, and encourage them to make persistent efforts to make contributions to the party and the country."

In addition, immediately go and inform Chief Bai, and ask him to come and discuss military affairs with me quickly. ”

Wang Shihe respectfully took the order, and after a short time, he went and returned, leading Bai Chongxi, who was also full of energy, to walk in.

As soon as he entered the door, Bai Chongxi said to Chairman Jiang: "Commission, so that we can completely grasp the initiative of the battle of Jincheng, I suggest that Hu Zongnan should be immediately ordered to lead the main force out of Tianjing Pass and besiege Jincheng with Yang Aiyuan, in case Zhang Xinghan abandons the city and breaks through." ”

Chairman Jiang was in a good mood, and when Bai Chongxi said this, he said with some disapproval: "Now that Tianjing Pass has been captured by our army, and there is the Jin Sui army in the north, where else can Zhang Xinghan flee to?" His mechanized troops can't get into the deep mountains and old forests of Taihang Mountain, right? If that's the case, it will save us a lot of things. ”

"Commission, there is no absolute, Tianjing Pass is so majestic and dangerous, Zhang Xinghan sent elite soldiers to guard it, thinking that it was foolproof, and now it is still copied by the Jin Sui army and forced to abandon it?" Bai Chongxi was deeply afraid that Chairman Jiang would be too surprised, thinking that the victory was decided, and that he had delayed the best fighter.

Fortunately, Chairman Chiang was a little excited. But he had already regarded Zhang Xinghan as the number one confidant in his heart, so when he thought that Zhang Xinghan might escape, he immediately paid attention to it.

Pretended to ponder for a moment, and then said to Wang Shihe: "Send a telegram to Hu Zongnan immediately, and order him to immediately lead his troops out of Tianjing Pass and besiege Jincheng." ”

"Yes." Wang Shihe respectfully answered the order and left.

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Changzhi City, the headquarters of the Jin Sui Army.

An operational staff officer came to Yang Aiyuan's bedroom in a hurry and said to the guards who stopped him: "Wake up Commander Yang, there is an urgent military situation on the front line." ”

The guards didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around and knocked on the door.

Not much. Yang Aiyuan pushed the door in a military uniform and walked out, although he was neatly dressed, the tiredness in his eyes could not be concealed, and he obviously had just woken up.

"What's the matter?" Yang Aiyuan looked at the staff officer who hurriedly saluted him and asked.

"Commander, Fu Zuoyi called, they and the Central Army successfully captured Tianjing Pass, but failed to wipe out the defenders." Operational Staff Officer.

"Oh? Why can't they all be wiped out? Yang Aiyuan was first surprised, and then asked curiously. In his opinion, the defenders of Tianjing Pass were caught in the two-sided attack of the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army at that time.

The Jin Sui army attacked suddenly, and when they were caught off guard, the annihilation of the whole army was an inevitable outcome.

"Because there is a tank unit of the Northeast Army in Jincheng that suddenly arrived. rescued them, not only that, but also caused great casualties to Fu Zuoyi's night attack troops. The operational staff officer said.

"What?" Yang Aiyuan was shocked and angry when he heard this, and said, "I didn't order the front-line troops to increase their attacks. Did you contain the enemy of Jincheng? ”

"This, the lowly position is not clear." The combat staff officer bowed his head and said.

Yang Aiyuan snorted angrily, and at this time, Sun Chu was also woken up by the adjutant. Hurriedly walked over.

"Brother Xingru, what's wrong?" Sun Chu asked.

Yang Aiyuan told Sun Chu about the matter, and Sun Chu couldn't help but say after hearing it: "Brother Xingru doesn't have to mind too much, the Northeast Army is well-equipped and strong, and Zhang Xinghan is resourceful, not a good person."

It is also reasonable that our front-line troops have not been able to achieve the full effect of containment.

But fortunately, now that our strategic goal of attacking Tianjing Pass has been achieved, Jincheng has become a turtle in an urn, and the situation has tilted in our favor, it is time to contact the Central Army to attack Jincheng and capture Zhang Xinghan alive. ”

After listening to Sun Chu's words, Yang Aiyuan nodded in relief.

Suddenly, another communications soldier hurried out of the confidential room.

When he came to the front, he saluted and said, "Sir, Hu Zongnan, commander-in-chief of the Central Army, has called." ”

The operational staff officer took the telegram and handed it to Yang Aiyuan, Yang Aiyuan took the telegram and looked at it, and said to Sun Chu on the side: "Brother Cuiya, Hu Zongnan sent a telegram to invite our army to encircle Jincheng, he has ordered the 25th Division and the 4th Division of the 17th Army to cross the Tianjing Pass and march towards Jincheng. ”

"The opportunity must not be lost, Brother Xingru should quickly order my reserve troops to go south, join the forward troops, and unite with the Central Army to encircle Jincheng in case of change." Sun Chu suggested.

"Hmm." Yang Aiyuan nodded and said, "That makes sense, Staff Officer Li, you will immediately convey the order, and we should also send a telegram to Mr. Yan to report the situation, so as to encourage the morale of our army's defense troops on the northern front." ”

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In Jincheng, Zhang Xinghan finally returned to Jincheng with his troops, and the Jin Sui army in the north of the city may have also received the news and stopped the containment attack.

Most of the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers who were lucky enough to follow Zhang Xinghan to break out of the encirclement were wounded, so the medical staff of all units in the city began to be extremely busy.

The cooking squad also worked intensely overnight to prepare meals for the soldiers who broke through.

In the headquarters, Zhang Xinghan, Liu Jianguo, Guo Zhong and others have all returned here.

Picking up a glass of cold boiled water and drinking it all, Zhang Xinghan couldn't wipe his mouth, turned to Liu Jianguo and Guo Zhong and said, "Jianguo, Zhongzi, are you thirsty?" ”

Both of them were clouded with gloom and shook their heads.

Liu Jianguo was the first to speak: "General seat, now that the Tianjing Pass has been lost, I am afraid that we will not be able to stay in Jincheng any longer, and we should immediately evacuate while the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army have not formed an encirclement." ”

"Yes, General Seat, Commander Liu is right, since Tianjing Pass has been lost, Jincheng is no longer defendable, it is better to transfer it earlier!" Guo Zhong also nodded in agreement.

Zhang Xinghan put down the water glass, waved his hand at the two and said, "Come and see the map." ”

The two stepped forward according to their words, and Zhang Xinghan surrounded the map, Zhang Xinghan stretched out his hand and pointed at random: "This is Tianjing Pass, here is Jincheng, here is Changzhi, we are in the middle of the two places, and the main traffic roads are in the Taihang Mountain."

In such a terrain, the power of our army's tank units and mechanized convoys will be greatly reduced, and there will be Changzhi in front and Tianjing Pass in the rear, and it will be difficult to go both south and north.

And even if we can successfully break through the encirclement, then our strategic deployment to intercept the Jin Sui army will be completely disrupted, and the bloody sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of troops and the hard work will be in vain.

Therefore, not only can we not choose to break through, but we should also continue to hold on to Jincheng. ”

"However, Zongzuo, if we don't break through, Jincheng will be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of central armies and Jin Sui armies.

The general seat is where the soul and belief of millions of soldiers of our Northeast Frontier Army lie, how can they be in danger? Guo Zhong said eagerly.

"Yes, Boss, what Zhongzi said makes sense, otherwise, you will lead the tank troops and the guard battalion to break through, and lead the remaining officers and soldiers to defend Jincheng to the death, and swear to fight to the last soldier!" Liu Jianguo said.

Zhang Xinghan waved his hand and said: "You don't have to persuade anymore, this time Jincheng must not afford to lose, because it is related to the success or failure of the entire battle."

As long as Jincheng is in our hands, then the hundreds of thousands of Jin Sui troops will become the bag of our Northeast Army from a strategic point of view.

Unless they all escape into Taihang Mountain to fight guerrillas, but this is basically impossible, even if he Yan Laoxi is willing, the civil officials and military generals under his command who are used to enjoying happiness are also unwilling.

As long as the hundreds of thousands of Jin Sui troops are not forced to corner, they will not be willing to follow Yan Xishan into the mountains as wild mountains, because we are not foreign invaders, and we are also Chinese. ”

In fact, even after the Japanese invaded Shanxi in history, there were not a few people who surrendered to the Jin Sui army and became traitors and traitors.

With the prestige of the Northeast Frontier Army and the treatment in the army, once the Jin Sui Army was cornered, Zhang Xinghan sent people to do a little ideological work, and they could easily disintegrate it.

Therefore, the key is to hold Jincheng and let the Jin Sui army have no way to escape.

In life and death, no one wants to choose the former when they leave their hometown and flee to remote areas such as deep mountains and old forests compared with continuing to stay in their hometown and get a high salary.

After a pause, Zhang Xinghan said resolutely: "Therefore, this time Jincheng will hold on, and I will personally take command, and our purpose is not to fight the last soldier, but to hold on as much as possible, until my 1st and 3rd Group Armies break through Yanmen, Jingcheng and other passes, and force Yan Xishan to surrender."

As long as Yan Xishan surrendered, it was very likely that Chairman Chiang would be forced to accept peace talks and reorganize the Nationalist Government.

Of course, if Chairman Chiang is unwilling to hold peace talks, we can also cross the Yellow River south without worries, march into the Central Plains and East China, and then Chen Bing on the north bank of the Yangtze River to deter Nanjing! ”

Seeing that the two of them were going to persuade again, Zhang Xinghan waved his hand to stop him: "Okay, don't say more, fight all night, you should be very tired, go down and rest, and with my order, the soldiers of the whole city, Zhang Xinghan will fight side by side with them, win, I hope all the soldiers will fight to the death, waiting for reinforcements!" Our army will win this battle! ”

"Yes!" Liu Jianguo and Guo Zhong saw Zhang Xinghan's resolute attitude, so they didn't say more, and stepped forward to answer loudly.

Immediately, under Zhang Xinghan's wave of his hand, they turned around and took the order.

After seeing the two leave, Zhang Xinghan called a communications soldier and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to the General Headquarters of the 1st Group Army and the 3rd Group Army, ordering them to break through Yanmen Pass and Jingcheng Pass within ten days, advance to Taiyuan City within half a month, capture Yan Laoxi alive, bomb the airfields in Taiyuan and other places, and destroy Yan Xishan's escape by plane!" (To be continued......)